Much though the murderer deserved to die, The Shadow preferred to turn him over to the law.
It seemed justice, of a horrendous sort; but the murderer had deserved it.
Do the murderers deserve more recognition than the righteous?
In other words: prove to the Court that a given murderer really deserves to be struck by lightning, and we'll let you electrocute him.
Instant death was all that these murderers deserved.
The death penalty is wrong not because murderers deserve better, but because the death penalty appeals to the worst instincts of humanity.
"My daughter's murderer deserves to be scared."
As for the death penalty, it's not like murderers don't deserve to die; of course they do.
Her murderer deserves to be caught.
Even confessed murderers deserve defense attorneys.